1st edition. 434pp. Burgundy cloth boards (boards are strong, square, clean and square). Internally bright, neat, clean and tight. In its original dust jacket (insignificant shelf wear). When Robert Rickliss receives what appears to be a copper puzzle box, he has no idea of the violent transformation his life is about to undergo. Then an acquaintance commits suicide in bizarre circumstances and the following day, an old friend reveals an arcane weapon that could wipe out the Western world. And the job of hunting down this weapon, this Malice Box, now lies with Robert.
